LIST OF COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPECIAL COMMISSION
 

States invited

Albania
Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Republic of Korea
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malta
Morocco
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Senegal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Suriname
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela
Viet Nam

International Organisations invited

United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
UNICEF
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Commonwealth Secretariat
Organization of American States
Inter-American Children's Institute
Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit)
World Bank
European Commission
Council of the European Union
European Parliament
Interpol
International Commission on Civil Status
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Law Association
International Bar Association
International Union of Latin Notaries
International Union of Sheriff Officers and Judicial Officers
International Social Service
International Society of Family Law
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Association internationale des Magistrats de la Jeunesse et Famille
Union internationale des Avocats
Inter-American Bar Association
Defence for Children International
EurAdopt
International Association of Voluntary Adoption Agencies and NGOs
Nordic Adoption Council
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Terre des Hommes
Lutheran World Federation
African Society of International and Comparative Law
International Save the Children Alliance